Last week I had the pleasure of experiencing the ExCel centre in all its glory.

Brands, logos, suits, dresses, complimentary beverages and bored, bedraggled faces lined the halls and corridors. Commerce, I thought to myself, is such a wonderful thing – but not in here.

Fortunately for me, the job would also put me onboard the Silver Sturgeon, a rather fancy vessel hired for the corporate after party. Having never witnessed such a gathering of minds, faces and entrepreneurial desire – fuelled by a never ending supply of free alcohol – I was enthused. It was unexplored photographic territory and I had free reign.